Cht 3D

In 2010, do you still design de-icing systems based on 2-D analysis? Do you use 1980’s methodologies based on empirical heat transfer correlations? Are these correlations for the exact geometries you are using, or are they for flat plates? Why is your Aerodynamics Department relying on 3-D CFD analysis, but your Icing Department is content with 2-D heuristic methods?

CHT3D is the 3-D Conjugate Heat Transfer module of the FENSAP-ICE system. CHT3D piggybacks on existing CFD analyses (FENSAP, FLUENT, CFX or any other CFD code) to design hot air and electro-thermal anti-/de-icing systems in a verifiable, reliable manner, totally integrated with Aerodynamics.

CHT3D yields accurate heat fluxes needed for de-icing or anti-icing, by coupling convection and conduction across any number of fluid-solid interfaces. Grids can be structured/unstructured/hybrid/matching/non-matching at interfaces.

CHT3D is also applicable to a variety of demanding heat transfer situations such as computer air cooling systems, gas turbine blade cooling and casting processes, among others.